Abraham Abulafia
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Abraham Abulafia was a 13th-century Spanish Jewish mystic and philosopher who founded an influential ecstatic school of Kabbalah focused on meditation, letter permutations, and prophetic experience.
Aliases (1)
- Abulafia ×1
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Jewish mystic
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Kabbalist → human → philosopher → religious writer → |
| associatedWith |
prophetic Kabbalah
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| birthDate |
1240
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| birthPlace |
Kingdom of Aragon
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Zaragoza → |
| centuryOfActivity |
13th century
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Aragon
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| deathDate |
circa 1291
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| describedAs |
Spanish Jewish mystic and philosopher
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| doctrine |
attainment of prophetic inspiration
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permutation of Hebrew letters → use of divine names in meditation → |
| era |
High Middle Ages
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| ethnicGroup |
Sephardi Jew
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| familyName |
Abulafia
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| fieldOfWork |
Jewish philosophy
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Kabbalistic meditation → |
| founded |
ecstatic school of Kabbalah
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| givenName |
Abraham
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| influenced |
later Kabbalists
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| influencedBy |
Maimonides
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
Hebrew
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| mainInterest |
Kabbalah
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letter permutations → meditation → mysticism → prophetic experience → |
| movement |
Kabbalah
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ecstatic Kabbalah → |
| name |
Abraham Abulafia
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| notability |
founder of an influential ecstatic school of Kabbalah
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| notableWork |
Imrei Shefer
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Or ha-Sekhel → Otzar Eden Ganuz → Sefer ha-Heshek → Sefer ha-Ot → |
| placeOfActivity |
Italy
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Mediterranean region → Sicily → Spain → |
| religion |
Judaism
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Kabbalah
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associatedWithFigure |
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Sefer Yetzirah
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commentedOnBy |
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Abraham Abulafia
("Abulafia")
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familyName |
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Joseph Gikatilla
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influencedBy |
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Abraham Abulafia
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name |